Oiling attachment fob imotob-vehicles



E. E, WELLS.

UILING ATTACHMENT FOR MOT VEHICLES.

MPucmxou 1115111114121, 1919.

Patented Sept. 9,1919.

ELMER E. "WELLS,

OF STOCKTN, CLIFRIA.

OILING ATTACHMENT 'non MOTOR-VEHTCLES.

specificati'onl of Letters Patent. Applieaton filed Apri1285 1919. Serial No. 293,388.

Be it known that L Emmi: E. Weie aV citizen ofV the United States of Americznre Siding at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have inventeigl certain new and neoinl .improremonte in Oilin'g Attachments; for yMotorVehicles; and l (lo declare the tollen-'ing` to vhe a clear, full, and exact description of the saine, re1t`-V erence being had to the accompanying draw inge, anrl to the eharaetfne of reference xnarlecl theme11, which forni a part of this;

application.

This .invention relates to improvements in oil distiilmtingl levieeelior motor vehicles and particularly for tho'ee having the Ford type of engine; l Y Y The Yprincipal object of the inventionie toY proviflen*piping system adapted to he positioned onteicle gine and proviifling communication between a high point in the transmission easing and et' and alongside the en- Y the lower forward and oi the timer Canet' is at thefront'encl Vol,f the emggfinei With the present system nsedrainl installed on engines of tributing tnhe extentie from a point lin the this type, the oil lelie-VV f'lywheel inenting; to a point behind the timerY Vfront end of the motor.

goers at 'the and (headVantageous fea` 1e en objectionable This ture, as I have found from experienee, 4for when rnonntiinql a grade, the said gears and other parts close thereto fail to receive any oil and eventually run dry. Y Also, on aeeount of the small angle oi Slope forward of this tube, a relatively gen* tale grade willen/nee the tnhe to cease delivi eringang/.oil from the forward enfl 'thereof when thefear mountingr such grade, and as a Tesnlt, the "foi-Ward hearings, pistone, ete., do notreeeive their necessary quota of eil and areaapt to rim dry and seize in the cylinders;Y Y

li'liotherV ilisailvantegeous tee-ture of the present system describeil. This is, that no provision has been mafie for controlling or stopping the flow of oil to the forward endetV the motor when the ear is running down gratie, a posiq tion whieh increases Vthe relative angle of the oil tithe tothe horizon and causes a flood of oil to he deposited at the forward end of the motor. i

This causes too great a quantity toV be 1e one the reverse of that instV yeatolfingg' trough.

matie hall eheelcrvalve.

.Patmted Sept. 19719.

splaehed up into the forward eylindersfand the latter become foul and carbon deposits forno.A This; is espeoiaily se, asfwhen travelingiloejn grade, less filel ieheinlg,r supplied to the engine andthe resultant work heine thereby is'not sufficient to absorb anii done utilize this amount of oil.

Another object of my in ventiontherefore Y to serine-tall my device that a downward slant from the hack of the motor in had, which will allow the Vdelivery of tullieientV oil to theforward end greater to the front i ol 'lzhe'niotor even when climbing a consider'- ahle grade. Y, Y Y

Y 'As :i further object, I have interposed Vin the piping 'e stem an automatic means whereby vthe` ow of oil therethrough will he ahnt olf when the oar is traveling down grade, therehy p roven ti ngV the fouling previously mentioned.

.A still further elije/et produce e iaimple and inexpensive device flooding and and yet one whieh will he exceedingly etV lectivo for i the signed. Y Y i Y Theee objects, I Yeeeoniplish hy means of sneh structure and relative arrangement of the perte ae will `fully appear hyfa perusal oi" the following Specification and claims.

Y On the drawings, similar characters of refernoe indicate corresponding parte in the several views. Y y

Figure l ie a perspective outline of a gas engine of the Ford ,type showing myV oilmg attachment thereon.

' Fig. 2 an enlarged rear of that portion of the from the transmiseion easing.

Y lig, 3 ie a perspectiveelevationxof an oilpnr'iosee for which it is de- Fig. i a sectional View through an auto-V Referruig new more characters of reference on the drawings, the

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partiexilarly to the thereof and the usual timer-gear 4cane Siatr the lower forward end ofthe flame.

Positioned horizontally inside'the casing Q at a relatively high point therein is a trough@- having an end Wall 5 adopted to reet aga-inet the inside of the easing;r and een fornito the euriature thereof. Projecting through and being threaded into the easing and formed integral with the trough in a nipple 6, whose lower level ie that oit the trough 4.

A sleeve Y ie adapted to thread over nipple and impinge against the outside oit the easing; 2 to lock the trough in place, this sleeve projectii'igr beyond the nipple ti to torni a coupling* for a pipe il adapted to abut against the end ot the nipple tl.

The pipe 8 and the portion olf the sleeve 'l' enveloping the sameV are threaded with a pitch the reverse ot' that ot' the nipple ti, so that the sleeve 6 serves both as a union and a loehnnt. hexagonal periphery, as at il, in order to place a turning wrench thereon.

The pipe 8 beyond the sleeve bonds down for a certain distance. as at l0, and has a T ll interposed therein, which ul has a nipple 12 projecting downwardly there trom and being' covered at its lower end by a cap i3.

. Into the outer end ol the 'l' ll is threaded the male projection li ot' a ballchccl "l" in, the main portionl ot which is at right mieles to the pipe 2%, that is.y longitudinally oli' the moF tor i, and has a normal downward alant to the rear., as shown in lF Il.

A ball 1G is positioned in the memhcr lo' and is adapted to roll therein to contact with aseat 17 formed in the forward end oit the member l5. plug; l5 is screwed into the rear end oli the member lo. and the ball normally rests thereapgainst, owing to the downward and rearward slant of the .lhc pun pose and function of this unit beine' a check valve, I will refer to Vit as such hcrcinatter.

Threaded into, the lcheck 'valve l5 at tho end having the scat 17 is a pipe lt-l. extending at asuitable downward slant toward the front end ot' the motor and with such bends therein as may be necessary, as at i9, in order to connect, the saine with the Atrent end of the timer case 3, as shown in Fin'. l. lnterposedin the pipe 18 at this point is a "lm Q0 havingI a horizontal plug 2l therein so that withthe removal ot this plug the quantity of oil beingdelivered into the tiincr case may be Seen at a glance. i

In the operation ot tht device, the oil thrown into the trough 5 by the whirling ot' the gears inv the transmission casing'. From there it, flows through pipes 8 into the check `valve '15, any ,grit or heavy particles such as gear and bearing chips ete., tallinn1 into the nipple 1Q. which in reality is a sump. From` there they may be removed hy removiurr the cap 13. This feature eliminates the possibility of their being carried forward and probably got, into thecylindere and hearings and score the saine.

' Villlen the ear is runninp; on level lground, or up hill. the hall lll in the checlr v: lve

will always romain against the plop; l5 and The outer end ot the sleeve is ot will allow tree passage of the oil from the pipe 8 to the pipe 18 and thence to the timer ease.

llhen going; down any ,eu/'ade with suiiicient elant to counteract the reverse slant ot the check. valve. the ball i6 therein rolls Aforward by the torce ot gravity and contacts aejainet the Seat. ll, thereby closing communication between the pipes E5 and 18.

l'ly haifingg; the pipe 18 enter the timer oase at the torward end thereot7 a supply of oil to the timer ejeare and every hearing7 ete., to the rear et the same is insured.

Thus, trom the foregoing description it will readily loe Seen that l have produced such a device as substantially Ylfullils the objects oi" the invention as set 'forth herein.

lillhile this speciiication sets jforth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations 'from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure Atrom the spirit of the invention, as delined by the appended claims.

'Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and useful and desire to se cure by Lettori-s Patent is t l. ln hn st: ion at the rear end and a timer rear casing at the toi-ward end thereof, an oil pipe screwed at one end to the tansmiseion casing at a relatively high point therein and adapted to receive oil thereinto by the splash createdhy combination with an internal conn` engine having a transmission casing;

the nears in the casing7 said pipe extending'v forward on a4 vdownward slant and heine'. h

screwed into the front tace of the timer gearV canine' adjacent the bottoni thereof, and means whereby when the vehicle in which the engine is mounted is Agoing' down a Igrade the tion' ot' oil to Athe forward end of the engine will be automatically stopped.

Q. lin an oil conveying pipe tor gas engines extending `from a high point on lthe transmission casing and sloping down to the bottom ot the timer gear case at the forward ond ot the engine. a means whereby when the vehicle in which the engine is mounted is going down a ,grade the flow of oil to theater ward end oi the engine will he automat? cally stopped, such means including a tnbw lar member interposed in the pipe longitudinally of the engine and having a halleeat in its Jforward end, a ball rollable in the tubular member and adapted to contaetwith the seat, and a plug in the opposite end of the tuhe and adapted to receive the hall thereagainst. the tubular member having a normal downward slant to the rear and the ycomeiunieatinef pipe from the transmission EliMlilld Wlllilil.

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